Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency: Gulbarga will vote on April 23, in the third phase of general election 2019. The key contest here is going to take place between BJP's Dr Umesh G Jadhav and Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge. Gulbarga seat has been reserved for candidates representing the Scheduled Caste community. In the third phase, polling will be held in a total of 116 constituencies across 14 states.
Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, who is the sitting MP in Gulbarga, has been chosen once again by the Congress party to contest the forthcoming election against BJP Umesh G Jadhav. Umesh was previously has been Congress MLA.
With Mallikarjun Kharge, who has been winning in this constituency for the past two consecutive terms, the Congress is more likely to grab the seat.
Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates
BJP: Dr Umesh G Jadhav
Congress: Mallikarjun Kharge
Gulbarga Lok Sabha results in 2014, 2009 and 2004
2014
Winning candidate: Mallikarjun Kharge (Congress)
Losing candidate: Revunaik Belamagi (BJP)
2009
Winning candidate: Mallikarjun Kharge (Congress)
Losing candidate: Revunaik Belamagi (BJP)
2004:
Winning candidate: Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi (Congress)
Losing candidate: Basawaraj Patil Sedam (BJP)
It will be a test for Congress-JDS alliance which is currently running the government in Karnataka as the results in 2019 will definitely play an important role in alliance future. As part of the Congress-JD(S) alliance, the Congress is contesting on 20 and JDS on 8 out of 28 total Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka.
BJP's BS Yeddyurappa, Congress' Siddaramaiah and JDS' and current chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, his father, and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda are the top leaders representing their respective parties in the state.
In phase 3, the remaining 14 Karnataka Lok Sabha constituencies (total 28) will go to polls. Lok Sabha election in Karnataka is being held in two phases. Voting in the first 14 constituencies have already taken place in the second phase which was held on April 18 with a voter turn out of 68.52%
The total number of electorate in Karnataka is 2,39,68,905 where 1,21,03,742 are male and 1,18,63,204 female. 1,959 belong to the third gender category. A total of 27,776 polling stations have been set up in Karnataka.
Out of a total 237 candidates who have filed their nomination in the third phase of Lok Sabha election 2019 in Karnataka across political parties, nine of them are women.
Going by Karnataka Assembly election 2018 results, the BJP may have some advantage since it was the single largest party which had secured 104 seats, however, it failed to form the government in the state. The Congress stood second after securing 78 seats while JDS got 37.
Out of 14 seats where polling will take place in the third phase (April 23), BJP is contesting on 14, Congress on 11, JDS on 3, CPI(Marxist-Leninist) on 1. 63 others and 131 independent candidates are also contesting in the third phase.
In 2014, BJP had won 17 seats, Congress won 9 and JDS won 2. A total of 43.83% was BJP's vote share, 41.27% Congress' vote share, JDS got 11.73% votes while others got 3.17%.
List of 14 Karnataka constituencies where polling will be held in phase 3 of Lok Sabha election 2019
Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chikkodi, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Haveri, Koppal, Raichur, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada
Lok Sabha election 2019 is being held in 7 phases. Voting in the first and second phase have already taken place on April 11 and April 18 respectively. The remaining phases will vote on April 23 (3rd), April 29(4th), May 6 (5th), May 12(6th) and May 19(7th). Counting of votes will be held on May 23.
